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Counting All the Jobless: Problems with the Official Unemployment Rate. Thirty-Seventh Report by the Committee on Government Operations. 99th Congress, 2d session.
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Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1986
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes the official unemployment rate on the first Friday of each month based on a sample survey of 59,500 households called the Current Population Survey. Unemployment data for states and local areas are published monthly by the BLS in cooperation with the state employment security agencies. The primary…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Dislocated Workers, Employment Patterns
Safe School Study: Volume 2 Methodology. Appendix C, Safe School Study Methodology Report and Appendix D, Supplementary Materials and Instruments.
National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1977
The methodologies, instruments, and procedures that were used by Research Triangle Institute (RTI) in conducting its part of the Safe School Study are described in detail. The report focuses on methods, the rationale for their selection, and their implementation. It also addresses various practical problems encountered. The sample design is…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Measurement Techniques, Methods
Education Information: Production and Quality Deserve Increased Attention. Statement before the Subcommittee on Government Information and Regulation, Committee on Government Affairs, U.S. Senate.
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Datta, Lois-ellin – 1989
This report concerning information on education in the United States addresses three questions: (1) what has happened over the past 15 years? (2) what are some reasons for the decline that has taken place in information gathering activity? and (3) how far does the problem in information gathering extend? Federally sponsored research and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Role, Data Collection, Educational Finance
Standards & Policies: Center for Education Statistics.
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Center for Education Statistics (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1987
This notebook contains 21 standards established by the Center for Educational Statistics (CES); CES legislation; and a description of the CES publication and publication review processes. The publication clearance procedures and the external advice and peer review policies are established by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Codification, Data Analysis, Data Collection